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    1) Quantitative research allows for studying large numbers of subjects to generalize results but lacks depth and context. 2) It aims for objectivity but can miss important details about behaviors, attitudes, and motivations through rigid standardized questions. 3) Weaknesses include a narrow dataset, superficial results, and an artificial testing environment, but addressing weaknesses involves obtaining more detailed qualitative data to supplement quantitative findings.

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    1) Quantitative research allows for studying large numbers of subjects to generalize results but lacks depth and context. 2) It aims for objectivity but can miss important details about behaviors, attitudes, and motivations through rigid standardized questions. 3) Weaknesses include a narrow dataset, superficial results, and an artificial testing environment, but addressing weaknesses involves obtaining more detailed qualitative data to supplement quantitative findings.

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    1) Quantitative research allows for studying large numbers of subjects to generalize results but lacks depth and context. 2) It aims for objectivity but can miss important details about behaviors, attitudes, and motivations through rigid standardized questions. 3) Weaknesses include a narrow dataset, superficial results, and an artificial testing environment, but addressing weaknesses involves obtaining more detailed qualitative data to supplement quantitative findings.

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    The passage discusses the strengths and weaknesses of quantitative research methods.

    Some of the strengths of quantitative research include allowing for broader studies with larger sample sizes, greater objectivity and accuracy of results, and the ability to replicate studies.

    Some of the weaknesses of quantitative research include missing contextual details, using rigid approaches, potential for structural bias, providing less detail on behaviors and attitudes, and collecting narrow datasets.

    Strengths and

    Weaknesses of
    Quantitative Research
    At the end of the lesson
    you should be able to:
    1.describe strengths and weaknesses
    of quantitative research
    2.justify how to address the
    weaknesses of quantitative research
    1.Precision of numbers ACTIVITY 1
    2.Inadequacy of numbers for total picture and depth
    of analysis
    3.Sample is less prone to sampling bias
    4.Less than 100% accuracy in sampling, instrument
    construction and administration
    5.Error can be computed, e.g. sampling error
    6.Assumptions in statistical methods
    7.Level of significance (statistical) can be determined
    that results are not due to chance alone
    Let’s talk about it!
    a.When do we say it is a
    strength? Weakness?
    b.How can we address
    the weaknesses in
    quantitative research?
     
    STRENGTHS OF
    QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
    1.Allows for a broader study,
    involving a greater number of
    subjects, and enhancing the
    generalization of the results;
    STRENGTHS OF
    QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
    2. Allows for greater objectivity and accuracy of
    results. Generally, quantitative methods are
    designed to provide summaries of data that
    support generalizations about the phenomenon
    under study. In order to accomplish this,
    quantitative research usually involves few
    variables and many cases, and employs
    prescribed procedures to ensure validity and
    reliability;
    STRENGTHS OF
    QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
    3. Applying well-established
    standards means that the research
    can be replicated, and then
    analyzed and compared with
    similar studies;
    STRENGTHS OF
    QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
    4. You can summarize vast
    sources of information and
    make comparisons across
    categories and over time;
    STRENGTHS OF
    QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
    5. Personal bias can be
    avoided by keeping a 'distance'
    from participating subjects and
    using accepted computational
    techniques.
    Weaknesses of Quantitative
    Research
    1.Quantitative data is more
    efficient and able to test
    hypotheses, but may miss
    contextual detail.
    Weaknesses of Quantitative
    Research
    2. Uses a static and rigid
    approach and so employs
    an inflexible process of
    discovery
    Weaknesses of Quantitative Research
    3. The development of standard
    questions by researchers can lead to
    "structural bias" and false
    representation, where the data actually
    reflects the view of the researcher
    instead of the participating subject.
    Weaknesses of Quantitative
    Research
    4. Results provide less
    detail on behavior,
    attitudes, and motivation.
    Weaknesses of Quantitative
    Research
    5. Researcher may collect a
    much narrower and
    sometimes superficial
    dataset.
    Weaknesses of Quantitative
    Research
    6. Results are limited as they
    provide numerical descriptions
    rather than detailed narrative and
    generally provide less elaborate
    accounts of human perception.
    Weaknesses of Quantitative Research
    7. The research is often carried out in
    an unnatural, artificial environment so
    that a level of control can be applied
    to the exercise. This level of control
    might not normally be in place in the
    real world thus yielding "laboratory
    results" as opposed to "real world
    results“.
    Weaknesses of Quantitative
    Research
    8. Preset answers will not
    necessarily reflect how people
    really feel about a subject and, in
    some cases, might just be the
    closest match to the preconceived
    hypothesis.
    Weaknesses How to
    address them?
     Self-reported information obtained from questionnaires  
    may be inaccurate or incomplete.
     The administration of a structured questionnaire creates
    an unnatural situation that may alienate respondents.
     Studies are expensive and time-consuming, and even the
    preliminary results are usually not available for a long
    period of time.
     Reduction of data to numbers results in lost information.
     Untested variables may account for program impacts.

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